Railway and Locomotive Engineering . their loads to consignees, and an-other set immediately hoisted into placeard tlie car be ready to proceed withina matter of minutes in most locked containers may remain onstation platforms or at the stores ofshippers for loading or unloading atconvenience without tying up costly roll-ing stock at points where track capacityis limited and congestion quickly obstructsthe flow of traffic unless the cars are keptmoving. With this rapid handling of thecontainers on and ofif the car the mileageper year made by the ordinary piece ofrolling stock may
Railway and Locomotive Engineering . their loads to consignees, and an-other set immediately hoisted into placeard tlie car be ready to proceed withina matter of minutes in most locked containers may remain onstation platforms or at the stores ofshippers for loading or unloading atconvenience without tying up costly roll-ing stock at points where track capacityis limited and congestion quickly obstructsthe flow of traffic unless the cars are keptmoving. With this rapid handling of thecontainers on and ofif the car the mileageper year made by the ordinary piece ofrolling stock may be doubled, and it ispredicted that the tremendous expense ofmaiitainirg box cars and other rolling December, 1921 RAiLWAV AXD LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING 325 stock equal to all emergencies will bematerially cut down. The container car may make costlypacking and crating unnecessary because new mail cars of improved design whichare now being constructed will beequipped with an improved type of all-steel container. A new freight-type con-. A COXTAIXER FROM THE FREIGHT TYPE OF (OXTAIXER CAR goods packed in flimsy pasteboard boxesor even bound with heavy paper are pro-tected against breakage, theft and wateror weather damage. There are at present in service on theNew York Central Lines, three containercars one of the mail or express type, and tainer car is being designed, and refriger-ator and tank container cars are contem-plated. Gexkrai. Description of the ContainerCarThe container car is nothing more thana long car with a steel side or fence, light as possible, in which commcKiities ofall kinds travel from consignor to con-signee, inviolate against thieves, fire,weather and breakage. The safes or con-tainers are lifted on and off the car bycranes or hoisting devices, permitting theparent rolling stock to continue in im-mediate transportation circulation. In ap-pearance the loaded car seems to be asolid load of safes or steel vaults setaboard a steel underframe with a low
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